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Thurrock plans to receive £182.5m of government support

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Thurrock Council has requested £182.5m of exceptional financial support from the government to balance its budget following further intervention. Jonathan Wilson, Thurrock’s acting director

‘Half-baked’ plans to overhaul Scottish local government will lead to significant financial costs that have not been thought through and risk repeating the flawed process of local government reorganisation (LGR) in England, ministers have been warned.

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